The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Telecoms in IT jobs advertised for the Suffolk region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Telecoms over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all terms in our General category for the Suffolk region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Telecommunications (Telecomms)
Rank 72 55 54
Rank change year-on-year
-17 -1
Permanent jobs citing Telecoms 7 11 15
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Suffolk 1.004% 1.975% 2.318%
As % of the General category 4.375% 7.971% 7.853%
Number of salaries quoted 4 11 12
Average salary £35,000 £44,439 £57,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-21.23% -22.71%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,700 £27,500 £43,250
10% offered a salary of more than £54,250 £54,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £41,000
% change year-on-year
- -2.43%
All of the General Category
Suffolk
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
General category
160 138 191
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Suffolk 22.96% 24.78% 29.52%
Number of salaries quoted 136 124 166
Average salary £35,000 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-12.50% +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £27,500 £26,325
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £57,500 £51,000
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,500 £41,000
% change year-on-year
- +3.65%
Telecoms
East of England

Telecoms
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Telecoms across the Suffolk region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

Suffolk Telecoms Jobs Demand Trend

Telecoms
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Telecoms across the Suffolk region.

Suffolk Telecoms Salary Trend

Telecoms
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Telecoms across the Suffolk region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Suffolk Telecoms Salary Histogram

Telecoms
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Telecoms within the Suffolk region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Ipswich -11 4 £62,500 +15.74%
Telecoms
East of England

Telecoms
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Suffolk region citing Telecoms also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited Telecoms.

1 10 (40.00%) Java
2 8 (32.00%) Finance
3 7 (28.00%) SQL
4 6 (24.00%) C
4 6 (24.00%) C++
4 6 (24.00%) J2EE
4 6 (24.00%) Microsoft
4 6 (24.00%) Security Cleared
5 5 (20.00%) Windows
5 5 (20.00%) MS Excel
6 4 (16.00%) Broadband
6 4 (16.00%) HTTP
6 4 (16.00%) Device Driver
6 4 (16.00%) Network Design
6 4 (16.00%) Change Management
6 4 (16.00%) Software Engineering
6 4 (16.00%) Marketing
6 4 (16.00%) Degree
6 4 (16.00%) Computer Science
6 4 (16.00%) Performance Management
7 3 (12.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 3 (12.00%) Local Government
7 3 (12.00%) Windows Server 2008
7 3 (12.00%) Oracle 11g
7 3 (12.00%) BEA
7 3 (12.00%) Agile Software Development
7 3 (12.00%) Scrum
7 3 (12.00%) SOA
7 3 (12.00%) Oracle 10g
7 3 (12.00%) Cisco

Telecoms
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Suffolk region citing Telecoms also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited Telecoms. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 6 (24.00%) J2EE
2 3 (12.00%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 3 (12.00%) WebLogic
Applications
1 5 (20.00%) MS Excel
2 2 (8.000%) MS Office
2 2 (8.000%) MS PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 4 (16.00%) Broadband
1 4 (16.00%) HTTP
2 2 (8.000%) ISDN
2 2 (8.000%) LAN
2 2 (8.000%) PBX
2 2 (8.000%) VoIP
2 2 (8.000%) WAN
2 2 (8.000%) CTI
3 1 (4.000%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (12.00%) Oracle 11g
1 3 (12.00%) Oracle 10g
Development Applications
1 2 (8.000%) Visual Studio
General
1 8 (32.00%) Finance
2 4 (16.00%) Marketing
3 3 (12.00%) Local Government
4 1 (4.000%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 4 (16.00%) C++ Developer
1 4 (16.00%) Developer
2 3 (12.00%) Oracle DBA
2 3 (12.00%) DBA
2 3 (12.00%) Project Manager
2 3 (12.00%) Sales Manager
3 2 (8.000%) IT Project Manager
3 2 (8.000%) Head of IT
3 2 (8.000%) Security Engineer
3 2 (8.000%) IT Consultant
3 2 (8.000%) Consultant
3 2 (8.000%) Head of Operations
4 1 (4.000%) Software Manager
4 1 (4.000%) Desktop Technician
4 1 (4.000%) Infrastructure Technician
4 1 (4.000%) Development Manager
4 1 (4.000%) Account Manager
4 1 (4.000%) Software Project Manager
4 1 (4.000%) Business Manager
4 1 (4.000%) Technical Account Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (16.00%) Device Driver
1 4 (16.00%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 5 (20.00%) Windows
2 3 (12.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 3 (12.00%) UNIX
3 2 (8.000%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (4.000%) Windows 7
4 1 (4.000%) Windows Server 2003
4 1 (4.000%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (16.00%) Network Design
1 4 (16.00%) Change Management
1 4 (16.00%) Software Engineering
1 4 (16.00%) Performance Management
2 3 (12.00%) Agile Software Development
2 3 (12.00%) Scrum
2 3 (12.00%) SOA
2 3 (12.00%) PRINCE2
3 2 (8.000%) Business Continuity
3 2 (8.000%) Service Delivery
3 2 (8.000%) Disaster Recovery
3 2 (8.000%) Time Management
3 2 (8.000%) Capacity Management
3 2 (8.000%) Software Distribution
3 2 (8.000%) Cyber Security
3 2 (8.000%) Reverse Engineering
3 2 (8.000%) Business Development
3 2 (8.000%) Problem Management
4 1 (4.000%) Product Management
4 1 (4.000%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 10 (40.00%) Java
2 7 (28.00%) SQL
3 6 (24.00%) C
3 6 (24.00%) C++
4 3 (12.00%) PL/SQL
5 2 (8.000%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (24.00%) Security Cleared
2 4 (16.00%) Degree
3 3 (12.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 3 (12.00%) OCP
3 3 (12.00%) Oracle Certification
4 2 (8.000%) SC Cleared
4 2 (8.000%) DV Cleared
5 1 (4.000%) MCDST
5 1 (4.000%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (4.000%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.000%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (4.000%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 6 (24.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (12.00%) BEA
2 3 (12.00%) Cisco
2 3 (12.00%) Oracle
3 2 (8.000%) Avaya
3 2 (8.000%) Mitel
3 2 (8.000%) BT